Scott Street Assignment 6

The Importance of Being Earnest itself is a play in which the emotions and mannerisms of the actors really help accentuate everything that is happening within the story. Unfortunately, I do not think I and my group did the best job in bringing out the personalities of all of the characters in the story. Whether it be our sheer lack of acting ability or lack of concentration, the presentation itself left a little to be desired. When rewatching the video, I noticed that our projection of our voices was subpar, as I could barely hear what we were saying. Those facts being aside, I believe we prepared very well and mostly memorized our lines (except for one small slip-up on my part). We stayed in character, and I believe we did a good job of using the entire floor space to our advantage. The props may have been a little weaker, but then again for our section there was not much we could have used.

By learning about all of the stage directions and actions firsthand, I believe I learned a great deal about the personalities of the different characters. I learned how their actions corresponded to their personalities, and by doing this I felt a deeper connection and understanding of the characters that I would not have felt if this activity was not conducted. I also learned that acting and vocalizing is a lot harder than it seems, as exemplified by our performance.